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CPE in January 2025

Now that it is December 2024, we are well on the way to finalizing the CPE groups starting in January.

Here is our schedule:

Extended CPE -January13 – June 2

Intensive CPE – January 20 – April 14

If you are considering joining us, please contact us immediately using the Contact Us page on this website, or by emailing us at bukallife@gmail.com.

Note: There has been a cost increase between 2024 and 2025. Check This

As the Year Nears It’s End

October 29th we had our annual board meeting. It was a valuable time of planning for 2025. Bukal Life Care started as an idea in 2009, but had our official launching event in October 2010.

After the BOT Meeting

Four groups of CPE are active right now with a total of 18 trainees. All four will be finishing in the next few weeks.

November 4 and 13 we will be holding a two-part seminar in grief and loss.

January 2025 we expect to have CPE groups in Baguio and in Palawan. We are still setting up groups so if you are interested, email us at bukallife@gmail.com.

A lot of things are being planned for 2025 including—

-CPSP Plenary in March

-CPSP-PH Plenary in June

-Pastor Trainings in Quirino Province and Sarangani

-Launching of upgraded CPO program.

Franciscan Reflections on CPE

In 2023 we had four CPE trainees who were in their Franciscan Integration and Intensification— John, Ronn, Jayson, and Mark. This last July (2024) the four were able to take their vows.

They were kind enough to share a copy of their publication that described their program and reflections. It is a great read, and the reflections show the impact CPE has had on their spiritual and ministerial journey. They even put our brochure on the inside back cover.

We are excited for what God has for these Franciscans, as well as all of our trainees.

The copy of this publication is at our office.

Upcoming Activities Oct 2024 and Beyond

Right now we are about as busy as we ever have been. We have four simultaneous CPE groups active right now. Two of them are Intensive and two are Extended. However, all four of them will complete before Christmas. Because of this, however, we don’t have a lot of other activities in the near future. However, 2025 should be busy.

October 14-15. Working with a Missionary Member Care group in training for stress defusing. We are looking forward to that.

November. Our Annual Board meeting

January 2025. We will start up CPE again. One group will be in Palawan, and AT LEAST ONE group will be in Baguio. We have actually had a number of requests. One has been to lead a CPE group for Philippine military chaplains. We have also had queries about holding CPE in Thailand. During the later Spring, we may be partnering with a program in South Korea.

Other things in 2025. We have been asked to hold more Intro to Pastoral Counseling trainings in Quirino Province. We have also been asked to do these trainings in Sarangani and General Santos.

We are continuing to work on our updated version of CPO (Clinical Pastoral Orientation). We are doing it bilingually, and have completed the first seven lessons. Hope to finish in early or mid-2025.

This is enough update for now. If you are interested in CPE in January (or later) please go to the Contact Us page on our website and… well… contact us.

Quirino Trip

September 5 and 6 our team (Bob and Celia Munson and Bhab Dicang) held training in BBCF, a Bugkalot church in Nagtipunan, Quirino. This was in partnership with the IMB and the local Bugkalot Baptist Association. We led two days of training in Pastoral Care and Counseling. It was a great visit and we had wonderful hosts. We were also able to visit friends and partners in Madella, Quirino and in Aurora Province. Looking forward to expanding this program next year.

Laguna Trip with the Salvation Army

We traveled to Los Banos, Laguna to work with a group of officers of The Salvation Army–Philippines. This is the fourth major activity where Bukal Life Care was invited to participated in leading some exercises and holding counseling. It was a great time working with this dedicated group of leaders.

Our 2024 Team

Our Team from Left to Right. Clinical Chaplain (“CC”) Crista Napay— Supervisor-in-Training, CC Bhab Dicang— Supervisor-in-Training, CC Dr. Jun Vestidas— Supervisor-in-Training, Dr. Robert Munson— Administrator, CC Vo Canoy— CPE Supervisor, CC Jezza Pingo— CPE Supervisor, CC Celia Munson— Training Supervisor

Busy times ahead. Two Extended CPE groups start in a couple of weeks. Two Intensive CPE groups start in September. We also have training/counseling trips occurring in Laguna (August 21-23) and Quirino (Sept 3-6).

If you have any questions or want to set up an appointment, please email us at bukallife@gmail.com.

Upcoming CPE Groups (Fall 2024)

We are presently in the middle of our 2024 Summer Intensive. However, we have three new groups starting up soon.

#1. Our Fall Extended CPE Full Unit will be starting August 12 until December 23.

#2. Our Fall Intensive CPE Full Unit will be two groups starting September 10 until November 29.

Groups are face-to-face units being held in Baguio City, Philippines with a mixture of hospital and community training. The training is certified by CPSP-Philippines.

For additional information please see our BROCHURE.

For a CPE application, please download it, fill it out, and return to bukallife@gmail.com. CLICK HERE for the application.

For other information or questions, please email us at bukallife@gmail.com.

Seminar in Rosales

We attended a seminar at the Wesleyan Academy in Rosales, Pangasinan. It was a women’s seminar sponsored by The Salvation Army. Chaplain Celia and Dra. Lyn led the training activities in day 2. There were over 160 attendees.